A pair of articles to brighten your day:
– From Reuters: Oddly Enough:
Grocery shopping? Take your rubber gloves!
“Shopping cart handles are the most bacteria-infested items among some commonly used objects while doorknobs on public bathrooms are not as bad as might be expected, according to a survey conducted in South Korea.”
– From Boing Boing:
Fast-food toilet-water has less bacteria than their drinks-ice
“A seventh-grade student in New Tampa, FL, compared the water in fast food restaurants’ toilets to the water used in their drinks-ice and concluded that the ice was higher in bacteria than the toilets. 12-year-old Jasmine Roberts won her school science fair for her research and hopes to win the county prize this week.”